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5. Allotment of Marks

Prose : 28

Poetry : 24

Supplementary Reading : 04

Grammar and composition

Unseen Passage : 24

Total : 80

Types of Questions Prose Poetry Supple-

mentary

Reading

Passage/

Grammar

Composition

Total

1.Multiple Choice 12 12

2.Unseen Passage 04 04

3.Answer in a

sentence 06 03 09

4.Answer in two

sentences 12 08 04 24

5.Reference to context 06 06 12

6.Quote from memory 03 03

7.Answer in six

sentences 04 04 08

8.Letter writing 04 04

9.Essay writing 04 04

Total 28 24 04 24 80

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II Answer each of the following questions in a sentence: 9x1=9

13 Who was chandan Das?

14 Which is the capital of Kashmir?

15 What is D.C. Katte?

16 What did the older brother call their younger cousin?

17 Who did Tahminah marry?

18 What did the fisherman get while fishing?

19 Who cannot be your faithful friend?

20 Where is the laughing heard?

21 Who wrote the poem „It never comes again?

II Answer each of the following questions in two sentences: 12x2=24

22 Who was Rustum? Where did he live?

23 When did the policemen arrest the fisherman?

24 Why was mother elephant looking sad?

25 How popular M.S. Subbulakshmi was?

26 What makes you feel that Lata Mangeshkar was a great singer?

27 Why did the tribals give up paddy cultivation?

28 How does tiger attack its prey?

29 Why was the heart of the poet sad and alone?

30 What qualities do you expect from a good friend?

31 How can you say that the tree is very useful?

32 Why are the Indians more attended than most other people?

OR

Why did Roger steal a bicycle?

33 What makes M.G. Menon worried so much?

OR

How did Uttam Type show his passion for literature?

Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follows: 4x3=12

34 “Oh, it is Minister Rakshasa !”

a. Who said this?

b. When was it said?

c. Where was it said?

35 “Don‟t spoil their nice house”

a. Who said this?

b. What does the word „their‟ refer to?

c. Why did he say so?

36 “The little ones leaped and shouted and laugh‟d And all the hills echoed”

a. „The little ones‟ refers to ____________

b. What mood do the lines convey?

c. What did the hills echo?

37 “We behold it everywhere,

On the earth, and in the air”

a. What does „it‟ refer to?

b. Where do we behold it?

c. Which poem is this extract taken from?

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38 Quote from memory 1x3=3

It is not __________________________________

_____________________ dry, bald and sere

OR

There are gains _____________________________

____________________ from our hears.

VI Answer the following questions in a paragraph each. 2x4=8

39 Describe the floating garden of Dal lake

(OR)

What were the antics of the young antelope observed by the visitor „At the Zoo‟? 2

40 Write a brief summary of the poem „Prayer to dumb creatures‟

VII 41. Write a letter to your headmaster requesting him to grant you leave for four

days. 1x4=4

(OR)

Write a letter to your friend, inviting him/her to your birthday party.

42 Write a paragraph on any one of the following. 1x4=4

a. My favourite National leader

b. Newspaper

c. Importance of forests

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Ramanna is a farmer. He lives in a small village called chandrapur. He is

very rich but an illiterate. He has 100 acres of land. He has two children a

daughter Radha and a son Mahesh. His wife Vani is an educated woman. One day,

she advised her husband to give education to their children. Therefore Ramanna

shifted his family to Bijapur. Now Ramanna is very happy about his children‟s

education.

Questions: 4x1=4

43 Who is Ramanna?

44 What is the name of his wife?

45 How many children does Ramanna have?

46 What did his wife advise one day?

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